possibly

Who acts: something, you, I, That, We · What happens: use, be, happen, not be, come, help · To what, where: way, me, that, window, best cake, homework · Speech: someone speaks here

«possibly» in the school dictionary: its 4 meanings for a pupil and its 7 examples, every sentence parsed by Mova itself — its syntax tree, a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies, and its pragmatics clause by clause. The word in the dictionary, with its sense in the lessons: possibly in the school dictionary.

Meaning 1

Perhaps; maybe — used when something could be true or could happen but you are not sure.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Perhaps	perhaps	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct
3	maybe	maybe	ADV	_	5 used	advmod
4	—	-	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct
5	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 true	mark
7	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 true	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 true	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 true	cop
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 used	advcl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 happen	cc
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 happen	aux
13	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 true	conj
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	18 sure	cc
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 sure	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 sure	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 sure	advmod
18	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 true	conj
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	use	past		maybe, perhaps property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	could	something	true property	tree rules
3	happen	could	something not said here		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not is	present	you	sure property	tree rules

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

Meaning 2

Usage: with can/could — kept apart, not parsed.

In any way possible: «I'll come as soon as I possibly can».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 way	case
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 come	obl
4	possible	possible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 way	amod
5	:	:	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
6	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 come	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	as	as	ADV	_	11 soon	advmod
11	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 come	advmod
12	as	as	SCONJ	_	15 can	mark
13	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 can	nsubj
14	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	15 can	advmod
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 soon	advcl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 can	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	future	I			any way		soon property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in way=Location

Meaning 3

Usage: in polite requests — kept apart, not parsed.

«Could you possibly help me?».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct
2	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 help	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 help	nsubj
4	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	5 help	advmod
5	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 help	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 help	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help in a quote	could	you		me			possibly property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary

Meaning 4

Usage: with can't — kept apart, not parsed.

Used to say something is impossible: «I can't possibly eat all that».

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	3 say	mark
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Used	advcl
4	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 impossible	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 impossible	cop
6	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 say	ccomp
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	13 eat	punct
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 eat	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 eat	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 eat	advmod
12	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	13 eat	advmod
13	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Used	parataxis
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 that	det:predet
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 eat	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 eat	punct
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Used	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	use	participle				tree rules
2	say speech: assert	to-infinitive				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	something		impossible property	tree rules
4	not eat in a quote	can	I	that	possibly property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient

Example 1

It will possibly rain later.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rain	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 rain	aux
3	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	4 rain	advmod
4	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 rain	advmod
6	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rain	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 2

Could you possibly open the window?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 open	aux
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 open	nsubj
3	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	4 open	advmod
4	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 open	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 open	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	could	you	the window				possibly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme

Example 3

That was possibly the best cake I've ever eaten.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 cake	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cake	cop
3	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	6 cake	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cake	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 cake	amod
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 eaten	nsubj
8	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 eaten	aux
9	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 eaten	advmod
10	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 cake	acl:relcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 cake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	That	the best cake				possibly property	tree rules
2	eat	present · perfect	I	the best cake not said here			ever		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Patient

Example 4

I can't possibly finish all this homework tonight!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 finish	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 finish	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 finish	advmod
4	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	5 finish	advmod
5	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 homework	det:predet
7	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 homework	det
8	homework	homework	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finish	obj
9	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finish	obl:unmarked
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	5 finish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not finish	can	I	all homework			tonight	possibly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector homework=Eventuality

Example 5

"Will you come?" "Possibly."

Sentence 1: "Will you come?" "

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
2	Will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come in a quote	future	you						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 2: Possibly."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Possibly	possibly	ADV	_	root	root
2	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Possibly	punct
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	1 Possibly	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Example 6

We'll get there as fast as we possibly can.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	We	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	3 get	nsubj
2	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 get	aux
3	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 get	advmod
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 get	advmod
7	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 can	mark
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 can	nsubj
9	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	10 can	advmod
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fast	advcl
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	future	We			there		fast property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Example 7

What more can you possibly want?"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 want	obj
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 What	amod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 want	aux
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 want	nsubj
5	possibly	possibly	ADV	_	6 want	advmod
6	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 want	punct
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	can	you					possibly property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot what=Theme

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